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HENDERSON COUNTY SPOILED CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S SENIOR NIGHT ACTIVITIES TAKING THE REGULAR SEASON SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS WITH A 7-3 WIN.

HOPKINSVILLE PICKED UP ITS 24^TH WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A 4-2 WIN AT UNION COUNTY.

RUSSELLVILLE TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, 6-3 AND 12-2 IN FIVE INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE: TRIGG COUNTY ROLLED OVER LYON COUNTY 20-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-4, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 12-4, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MAYFIELD 6-5 AND GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED MURRAY 15-1 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO MURRAY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS A TWIN BILL WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND WEBSTER COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS METCALFE COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

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WEBSTER COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 7-6, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 11-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER MCLEAN COUNTY 4-2, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED MURRAY 7-4.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS HEATH IN THE RAINCATCHER INVITATIONAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE MEETS MEADE COUNTY AT THE BULLDOG INVITATIONAL AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A TWIN BILL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY.

HOPKINSVILLE’S BASEBALL TEAM IS RANKED 13^TH IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25. THE TOP SPOT IS HELD BY BOTH LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AND MADISON CENTRAL.

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FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AARON DOUGLAS WAS FOUND DEAD AT A FLORIDA RESIDENCE ON THURSDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, HOWEVER DOUGLAS WAS REPORTEDLY AT A PARTY IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT TENNESSEE BEFORE ASKING FOR RELEASE FROM HIS SCHOLARSHIP WHEN LANE KIFFIN LEFT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE, THEN ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AFTER CHRISTMAS. HE WAS COMPETING FOR A STARTING POSITION THIS SPRING.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S FOOTBALL GAME AT HAWAII IN THE 2012 SEASON HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED THURSDAY IT WAS TO BE THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON, BUT A WESTERN SPOKESMAN SAYS WKU WANTED TO MOVE THE GAME FROM THE DECEMBER DATE BECAUSE IT IS TOO LATE IN THE SEASON.

TAKING WESTERN’S PLACE IN 2012 IS SOON TO BE SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEMBER SOUTH ALABAMA. THE GAME WILL LIKELY MOVE TO THE 2018 SEASON.

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MURRAY STATE SPLIT A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT IN CHARLESTON ILLINOIS.

THE RACERS PICKED UP A 3-2 WIN OVER UT-MARTIN AND LOST TO JACKSONVILLE STATE 6-1. MURRAY STATE WILL PLAY AN ELIMINATION GAME AT 12:30 TODAY.

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KENTUCKIAN J.B. HOLMES IS TIED FOR 10TH AT FOUR UNDER PAR HEADING INTO TODAY'S SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY IS AT EVEN PAR, WHILE NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER STANDS AT ONE OVER.  NICK WATNED FIRED AN EIGHT UNDER SCORE THURSDAY TO TAKE A ONE SHOT LEAD OVER LUCAS GLOVER AND A TWO SHOT LEAD OVER MARK O' MEARA AND DAVID TOMS.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: MUHLENBERG COUNTY EDGED OHIO COUNTY 5-4.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS SENIOR DAY AS THEY FACE THE HENDERSON COUNTY COLONELS. SENIOR DAY ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT FIVE, WITH THE GAME STARTING AT SIX P-M.

HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY ENTERTAINS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: FRANKLIN SIMPSON SHUT OUT TODD CENTRAL 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY ALSO GOT A SHUTOUT 6-0 OVER UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 3-1, MURRAY EDGED GRAVES COUNTY 6-5.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES BOWLING GREEN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL ENTERTAINS MURRAY, UNION COUNTY WELCOMES LYON COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY.

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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTED HOPKINSVILLE IN BOYS AND GIRLS ACTION WEDNESDAY AT RUFF PARK. THE BLAZERS BEAT THE TIGERS 8-1 IN BOYS PLAY, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS DEFEATED THE LADY TIGERS 6-3.

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MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS WEDNESDAY FOR BOTH MEN’S COACH BILLY KENNEDY AND WOMEN’S COACH ROB CROSS.

KENNEDY’S CONTRACT IS EXTENDED FOR A YEAR THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON, WHILE CROSS RECEIVED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH TUBBY SMITH SAYS HE IS NOW FREE OF PROSTATE CANCER. SMITH—THE HEAD COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA—ISSUED A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL STATING HE UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE APRIL 21^ST AT THE MAYO CLINIC.

SMITH HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THE DISEASE FOR A YEAR.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AND TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY WILL RENEW THEIR BASKETBALL SERIES THIS COMING SEASON.

THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME NOVEMBER 2^ND IN RUPP ARENA. THE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE NOT PLAYED SINCE 1911. THE SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS IS TIED AT SEVEN GAMES EACH. TRANSY IS A DIVISION THREE SCHOOL.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS RELEASED THE TERMS OF NEW BASKETBALL COACH CUONZO MARTIN’S CONTRACT. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THERE IS A CLAUSE CALLED THE BRUCE PEARL CLAUSE WHICH STATES IF MARTIN WERE TO REPEATEDLY COMMIT NC-AA VIOLATIONS, HE WOULD BE TERMINATED.

THE CONTRACT ALSO STATES MARTIN WOULD RECEIVE 60 PERCENT OF HIS SALARY—ROUGHLY 780-THOUSAND DOLLARS—IF FIRED WITHOUT CAUSE. IF HE IS FIRED WITH CAUSE, U-T WOULD OWE HIM NOTHING.

IF MARTIN LEAVES U-T WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, HE WOULD OWE TWO POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS. IF IT’S IN THE FOURTH YEAR, IT WOULD BE ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE STATUS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY GUARD BRANDON PETERS ELIGIBILITY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. COACH KEN MCDONALD TELLS THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS PETERS IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO FIX HIS ACADEMIC ISSUES. PETERS WAS RULED ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE IN JANUARY, FORCING HIM TO MISS WKU’S LAST 20 GAMES. PETERS IS A SOPHOMORE TO BE FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

MEANWHILE, GUARD KEVIN KASPAR AND T-J PRICE—WHO HAD COMMITED TO WESTERN—BOTH SIGNED TUESDAY ACCORDING TO COACH MCDONALD. THERE WILL BE SEVEN INCOMING FRESHMAN THIS SEASON.

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER SAID WEDNESDAY HE WILL REMAIN WITH THE PREDATORS.

WEBER IS ONE OF NINE WHO WILL BECOME RESTRICTED OR NON RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS IF THEY ARE NOT SIGNED BY JULY FIRST. GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE TELLS THE TENNESSEAN NEGOTATIONS TO RE-SIGN WEBER WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS DEFEATED U-H-A TUESDAY 8-2 TO TAKE THE TWO GAME 8^TH DISTRICT SERIES. THE TIGERS GOT TWO HITS EACH FROM JACK AND DAVID GARDNER TO PROPEL TO THE WIN.

RYAN P’POOL LED U-H-A WITH TWO HITS. THE TIGERS ARE NOW 23-3 OVERALL AND 4-0 IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, WHILE THE BLAZERS FELL TO 9-9 AND 2-2 IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.

ELSEWHERE: TRIGG COUNTY SLID PAST CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7-5, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 18-4, DAWSON SPRINGS OVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 12-1 IN SIX INNINGS, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 9-1, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER BOWLING GREEN 14-9, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 12-8.

TODAY’S GAMES: MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS OHIO COUNTY.

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SECOND RANKED CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED SOUTH WARREN 14-0, HOPKINSVILLE OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 5-1, TODD CENTRAL EDGED LOGAN COUNTY 3-2, METCALFE COUNTY OVER RUSSELLVILLE 21-0 IN THREE INNINGS, REIDLAND EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 5-4, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL EDGED APOLLO 3-2 AND GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED MAYFIELD 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: TODD CENTRAL AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES OHIO COUNTY.

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WESTERN KENTUCKY AND LOUISVILLE HAVE EXTENDED THEIR BASKETBALL SERIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE TEAMS WILL PLAY IN NASHVILLE IN THE 2012-13 SEASON, AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE IN THE 2013-14 SEASON, AT E-A DIDDLE ARENA IN THE 2014-15 SEASON AND CONCLUDE IN LOUISVILLE IN THE 2015-16 SEASON.

THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY IN LOUISVILLE THIS COMING SEASON.

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER BASKETBALL COMMITMENT. THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED TUESDAY T-J PRICE FROM SALMEN, LOUISIANA HAS COMMITTED TO THE HILLTOPPERS.

PRICE WAS EXPECTED TO SIGN HIS LETTER OF INTENT TUESDAY. PRICE AVERAGED 17 POINTS, SEVEN REBOUNDS AND THREE ASSISTS LAST SEASON FOR SALMEN. ONCE PRICE SIGNS, HE WILL BECOME THE SEVENTH MEMBER OF THE HILLTOPPER RECRUITING CLASS.

BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY COACH SCOTT DAVENPORT HAS SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO REMAIN AT THE LOUISVILLE SCHOOL.

DAVENPORT LED THE KNIGHTS TO THE DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST SEASON. BELLARMINE FINISHED 33-2 AND DAVENPORT WAS NAMED THE DIVISION TWO COACH OF THE YEAR.

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AUSTIN PEAY IS BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST 5-4 AT FORT WAYNE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN FORT WAYNE.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPENED A HOMESTAND WITH A 6-3 LOSS TO THE FRESNO GRIZZLIES. IT WAS THE NINTH STRAIGHT LOSS FOR THE SOUNDS, WHO HOST FRESNO THIS AFTERNOON.

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COULD SHANE O’BRIEN HAVE PLAYED HIS LAST GAME IN NASHVILLE IN MONDAY NIGHT’S LOSS TO VANCOUVER?

TENNESSEAN PREDATORS BEAT WRITER JOSH COOPER REPORTS ON HIS BLOG ON THE TENNESSEAN’S WEBSITE THAT A QUOTE BY O’BRIEN FOLLOWING THE GAME INDICATED O’BRIEN WOULD POSSIBLY NOT RETURN NEXT SEASON.

O’BRIEN IS AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT.

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HOPKINSVILLE SCORED SEVEN OF ITS RUNS IN THE FIRST TWO INNINGS IN AN 11-1 8^TH DISTRICT WIN OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

JAROD PERRY HAD THREE HITS FOR HOPTOWN, SCORED THREE RUNS AND STOLE FIVE BASES IN LEADING THE TIGERS TO THEIR 22^ND WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH THREE LOSSES. THE TIGERS ARE NOW 3-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY.

U-H-A GOT TWO HITS FROM AUSTIN GEE IN FALLING TO 9-8 OVERALL AND 2-1 IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TODAY AT U-H-A, WITH FIRST PITCH AT 5:30.

THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AIRS AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE MONDAY: MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6-4, COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 7-4, TRIGG COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-7, HOPKINS CENTRAL ALSO EDGED MURRAY 8-7, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 1-0.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY MEETS CALLOWAY COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS WELCOMES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, UNION COUNTY AT MADISONVILLE, HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS BOWLING GREEN AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

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MONDAY’S SCORES: IN A BATTLE OF TWO OF THE TOP RANKED TEAMS IN THE STATE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE 4-0.

IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 24-2.

ELSEWHERE: HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED MCLEAN COUNTY 18-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 6-0, WHITESVILLE TRINITY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 7-3 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO SOUTH WARREN, U-H-A PLAYS THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WHO FACES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL IN THE SECOND GAME, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A DOUBLE DIP TODAY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS METCALFE COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES LOGAN COUNTY AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE.

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HOPKINSVILLE PLAYED AT MADISONVILLE MONDAY, WITH THE TIGER BOYS LOSING THEIR MATCH 3-6, WHILE THE LADY TIGERS DEFEATED THE LADY MAROONS 7-2.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTED CALDWELL COUNTY, WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING NINE-LOVE, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS LOST TO THE LADY TIGERS 4-5.

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THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER SAYS LEXINGTON NATIVE AND BUTLER UNIVERSITY’S SHELVIN MACK HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR AND ENTER THE N-B-A DRAFT.

MACK HELPED BUTLER MAKE TWO STRAIGHT APPEARANCES IN THE NC-AA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, FALLING THIS YEAR TO CONNECTICUT AND LOSING TO DUKE IN 2010. MACK PLAYED HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AT BRYAN STATION.

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AUSTIN PEAY SHORTSTOP REED HARPER HAS BEEN NAMED THE O-V-C BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK. HARPER HAD SIX HITS IN A WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH AND EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 22 GAMES.

THE GOVERNORS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW AT EVANSVILLE.

MURRAY STATE SENIOR LAUREN BUCH WAS NAMED THE O-V-C SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK. BUCH HAD SIX HITS IN GAMES LAST WEEK AND WON THE O-V-C HITTING CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A .421 AVERAGE. THE RACERS MEET UT MARTIN MAY 12^TH IN THE O-V-C SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS SEASON CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. THE PREDATORS LOST TO VANCOUVER 2-1 IN GAME SIX OF THE STANLEY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI FINALS.

THE CANUCKS NOW WAIT TO SEE IF THEY WILL PLAY DETROIT OR SAN JOSE IN THE FINALS. THOSE TEAMS PLAY THIS EVENING IN DETROIT.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

8^TH DISTRICT ACTION TODAY HAS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYING AT HOPKINSVILLE FOR THE FIRST OF A TWO GAME SERIES. FIRST PITCH IS SLATED FOR 5:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

OTHER GAMES INCLUDE: CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MAYFIELD, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MURRAY, MADISONVILLE WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS GREENWOOD.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CRITTENDEN COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO LOGAN COUNTY, LYON COUNTY AT MAYFIELD, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY, MADISONVILLE AT UNION COUNTY.

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KENTUCKY’S DEANDRE LIGGINS WILL BE LEAVING KENTUCKY AND HEADED TO THE N-B-A DRAFT. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LIGGINS SAID IN A STATEMENT HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY COACH JOHN CALIPARI TO RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR, BUT BASED ON FEEDBACK HE RECEIVED FROM N-B-A PERSONNEL, HE FELT IT WAS IN HIS BEST INTEREST FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY TO REMAIN IN THE DRAFT.

LIGGINS AND BRANDON KNIGHT WILL BOTH LEAVE THE KENTUCKY TEAM TO TEST THE DRAFT WATERS, WHILE TERRENCE JONES ANNOUNCED SATURDAY HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.

MEANWHILE, TENNESSEE VOLS STANDOUT SCOTTY HOPSON HAS ALSO LEFT HIS NAME ON THE N-B-A DRAFT LIST. THE FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS STANDOUT MADE HIS DECISION SUNDAY. HOPSON TOLD THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THE TIMING WAS RIGHT FOR HIM TO LEAVE WITH COACH BRUCE PEARL’S FIRING IN MARCH A MAJOR FACTOR IN HIS DECISION.

HOPSON JOINS TOBIAS HARRIS WHO ALSO DECIDED NOT TO RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON AT U-T.

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FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN THREW A 131 PITCH COMPLETE GAME PERFORMANCE FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY IN A 6-2 WIN OVER FLORIDA ATLANTIC SATURDAY. HAGEMAN ALLOWED TWO RUNS AND NINE HITS IN EARNING HIS 8^TH WIN OF THE SEASON, WHICH IS A SCHOOL RECORD FOR A FRESHMAN.

THE HILLTOPPERS ALSO WON SUNDAY OVER FLORIDA ATLANTIC 5-4.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM PITCHED FOUR INNINGS SATURDAY FOR EVANSVILLE IN A 10-9 13 INNING WIN OVER INDIANA STATE. ISOM DID NOT FACTOR IN THE DECISION. HE ALLOWED SIX RUNS, ALL EARNED ON NINE HITS WITH FIVE STRIKEOUTS AND THREE WALKS.

AUSTIN PEAY COMPLETED A SWEEP OF TENNESSEE TECH WITH A 10-4 WIN SUNDAY. THE GOVERNORS MEET SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN A BATTLE OF O-V-C LEAGUE LEADERS THIS COMING WEEKEND.

MURRAY STATE FELL IN A SERIES FINALE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY 5-1 SUNDAY IN RICHMOND.

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AUSTIN PEAY FINISHED ITS SEASON AT 12-40 SUNDAY WITH A 4-3 LOSS TO SIU-EDWARDSVILLE.

MURRAY STATE EARNED THE 6^TH SEED FOR THE O-V-C SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AFTER A 7-5 WIN SUNDAY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE. THE RACERS WILL FACE UT MARTIN IN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT MAY 12^TH.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST VANCOUVER IN GAME SIX IN THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES TONIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. THE PREDS STAYED ALIVE WITH A WIN SATURDAY NIGHT, THANKS TO TWO THIRD PERIOD GOALS FROM JOEL WARD. FIRST PUCK AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA DROPS AT EIGHT P-M.